Ferulic Acid (FA), also called 4-hydroxy-3-methoxycinnamicacid, is a cinnamic acid derivative. It is a kind of phenolic acid commonly found in many plants. Currently, Ferulic Acid mainly comes from natural plants and synthesis method. Ferulic Acid is extracted from rice bran. high purity Ferulic Acid of 99%. It is a natural cosmetic grade raw material. performance. Ferulic Acid has a variety of biological activities. It can scavenge free radicals, and promote the formation of enzymes that scavenge free radicals. It inhibits tyrosinase activity; it has good absorption ability of ultraviolet ray and trans-dermal absorption capacity. Therefore, Ferulic Acid has effect of whitening, anti-oxidation and sun protection. Cosmetics containing Ferulic Acid can improve skin dullness, as well as make skin delicate, shiny and full of elasticity. It is widely used in sun protection and whitening cosmetics
decreases from 117±23/mm2 to 39±7/mm2. The inhibition rate of tyrosinase is up to 86%, when use 5mmol/L Ferulic Acid solution. Therefore, Ferulic Acid can whiten skin and remove spots. It has great whitening effect.
Sun protection
Ferulic Acid has good sun protection function. It can effectively absorb the ultraviolet rays in the wavelength range of 290~330nm. Thereby it prevents or reduces skin damage caused by the ultraviolet rays. (The UV rays in the range of 305-310nm are most likely to induce the skin erythema)